Labour pledges free fast broadband
Johnson pledges business rates cut to disadvantaged areas
Calls for councils to be given more power over empty properties
Child abuse linked to faith rises by ‘a third’, council chiefs warn
Half of local government workers worry about redundancy as a result of cuts
Council closes property company to focus on building 300 new homes
Redefining what good looks like
Impower’s annual top 10 list is a celebration of strong council performance, and as Jon Ainger explains, many local authorities have stepped up to the challenge.
This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.
This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.
